This post is directed toward those who believe YaHUaH (יהוה) is our Creator who brings us out of slavery. Those who are skeptical about our Creator communicating to us through the Bible should read my posts about God and Governance and Atheism is Dead, Long Live our Creator.
I will outline significant insights into the Bible and the appointed times. I am sharing what I have been learning and pray that it may be a warning and blessing to you.
Note: Most Bibles translate our Creator's name, יהוה (YaHUaH), into LORD or The LORD and our savior's name, ישוע (Yeshua) HaMashiach, into Jesus Christ. Furthermore, they translate Elohim, meaning Judge, into God. Out of respect for our Creator this article will use a transliteration of the Hebrew, as best as I can figure. This minimizes opportunity to accidentially blasfeme יהוה.
Prophetic Timing as Physics
Our Creator is as mathematically precise in His prophetic timing as He has been demonstrated to be with physics. He set the sun to rule the day, and the moon and stars to rule the night as signs of His appointed times. Since physics allows us to predict where the sun, moon, and stars will be thousands of years in the future and where they were thousands of years ago, we must assume that His appointments with us are preordained and set from the beginning of creation.
I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all I please’ - Isaiah 46:9-10.
Signs in the sun, moon, and stars were created in the beginning, and the rest is physics. While He certainly has the power to move the sun back ten degrees on the sundial or pause the sun during a battle, extend a solar eclipse across the whole earth for 3 hours, or cast Egypt into darkness for three days, His word has clearly stated that the signs of the times are in the sky.
Yeshua met all of the appointed times precisely. Yahuah repeats the same schedule of appointments year after year. Abraham, Exodus, and Yeshua's crucifixion all occurred on the same date in the Hebrew calendar. Therefore, the key to understanding the timeline of Yeshua's second coming is understanding His calendar and His feasts. This is not an easy task because, according to Hosea, יהוה will stop all of her [Israel’s] celebrations: her yearly festivals, her New Moons, and her Sabbath days - all her appointed festivals.
He did this because we have not acknowledged that Yahuah (יהוה) was the one who gave us the grain, the new wine, and the oil (all that the earth produces). That said, in the last days, He will allure us into the wilderness, and His people will respond as in the days they came out of Egypt, and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil, and His people will respond to Jezreel (referring to our Elohim (Judge/Yahuah))
From this, we can presume that He has indeed stopped all of our celebrations and has for most of the past 2000 years. Yes, people still think they are celebrating the feasts, but due to intentional deception and coercion, the vast majority of people have not been keeping the feasts at His appointed times.
And the times of this ignorance our Elohim [Judge/God] winked at, but now He commands all men everywhere to repent: Because He has appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that Man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance unto all men, in that He has raised him from the dead. - Acts 17
While we were once ignorant, we should not remain so. We must search diligently to understand His ways and His appointed times. Once again, we see evidence that there is an appointed day that will come at a definite and predefined time.
The Glory of Kings
That said, many people are busy with life and don’t believe they can begin to unravel the mysteries He has hidden for us in His word. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask Yahuah (יהוה), who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Fear of Yahuah (יהוה) is the beginning of wisdom! This holy fear started for me after realizing that there is physical evidence for the events of Noah, Sodom, the Red Sea crossing, and Mt. Sinai. That was the red pill that started my journey to the truth. If you believe you are a follower of our Messiah, then you should be working out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is Yahuah who works in you to will and act according to His purpose.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIpvIVLQ2Dk
It is the glory of Yahuah (יהוה) to conceal a matter, but the glory of kings is to search things out. - Proverbs 25:2
I urge you to follow what I am sharing and to search out the things Yahuah (יהוה) has concealed. In searching them out, you will discover His glory and your own!
Keep Watch
Yeshua tells us, “Keep watch because you do not know on what day your Lord will come.” His command is to “keep watch,” and those who are hearers and doers of the Word should take note because many have said, “It is pointless to watch or try to understand prophecy because no one will know on what day He will come.” I am convinced that the vast majority of the Bible is prophetic in order to help us watch and that He wouldn’t give us a pointless command.
Be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, will be blessed in his doing.
“You know very well that the day of יהוה will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying “Peace and safety,” destruction will come on them suddenly, as labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief. ... For our Elohim did not appoint us to suffer wrath, but to receive salvation through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.” - 1 Thes
Speaking of labor pains, Isaiah says Before she goes into labor, she gives birth; before the pains come upon her, she delivers a son. ... When you see this, your heart will rejoice, and you will flou<rish like grass; the hand of Yahuah( יהוה ) will be made known to His servants, but His fury will be shown to His foes. For with fire and with His sword, Yahuah( יהוה ) will execute judgementjudgment on all people, and many will be those slain by יהוה.
So we are commanded to watch and to be ready with oil in our lamps because when the cry goes out, the wise virgins (bride of Yeshua) will not sell oil to the foolish virgins. They will not have time to go out and buy oil because the door will be shut by the time they return. So what is this oil? We are told in Proverbs to “buy the truth and do not sell it; get wisdom, instruction, and understanding.” Now is the time to get your oil because those with wisdom know the cry is about to go out and are doing their best to be ready for the appointed time.
My Hypothesis
I have been studying intently for almost a year and have developed a hypothesis that I will share below. I am presenting it as a hypothesis because I am not so arrogant as to believe that my understanding is infallible; that said, I believe this hypothesis is strong enough that everyone needs to wake up! I may be off in the exact timing, but I believe all will be completed within the next decade. In any event, we should be prepared for His coming at any moment because we can all die at any moment.
I believe that the woman (Israel) will give birth (rapture) at a Pentecost, and then the birth pains will begin in earnest. In particular, I don’t believe we have yet seen the actual birth pains described by Matthew (wars and rumors of war...). The question the wise must discern is when is the true anniversary of Pentecost and what year this will all go down.
I believe the true Pentecost is the 1st of Av, aka the 1st day of the 5th month, and that 2023 or 2024 are the most likely years, leaning slightly toward 2023. You would think that finding the 1st of Av would be easy, but I assure you the evil one has worked a great deception over the past 2000 years.
My hypothesis is that everything could start as soon as August 2, 2023, but maybe a year later, in 2024. Supporting this hypothesis will require unpacking a lot of studies. I have shared this upfront because you may not have much time to buy your oil!
What follows is the evidence I base my hypothesis upon. I will start with evidence for the year, then narrow it down to evidence for the summer, and finally, evidence for the exact feast day, and then the precise day as appointed from the creation of the sun, moon, and stars.
Jubilee
Yeshua quoted Isaiah 61 in Luke 4 when he read: “The Spirit of Yahuah (יהוה) is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of Yahuah’s favor.” Then Yeshua says the prophecy has been fulfilled in their hearing. The language that reads “to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners; to proclaim the year of Yahuah’s favor.” describes a Jubilee year which is supposed to happen every 49 years after seven sabbath/Shemitah years. Yeshua stopped reading just before the part of Isaiah that reads “and the day of our Elohim’s vengeance” because that was for His second coming. In effect, we can eliminate 98% of all potential years for His return if we can identify the proper Jubilee years.
We know that the year Joshua crossed the Jordan was a Sabbath year and that the 1st Jubilee would follow the 7th Sabbath year. Therefore, if we can identify the year of crossing, then we will greatly narrow down our search. There are many different theories about potential years for crossing, but I have found 1406 BC to be the most aligned. There are many great youtube videos that support the argument that Amenhotep II was the Pharaoh of Egypt during the Exodus. He reigned from 1450 BC to 1425 BC. We know the Israelites wandered in the desert for 40 years after the negative report from 10 of the 12 spies around the grape harvest a year and a half after Exodus and that they crossed the Jordan in the 1st month. This puts the crossing between 1408 BC and 1383 BC. Of all the estimates for the timing of the crossing I found, only 1406 BC and 1407 BC fit the timeline. Since those years would represent the Sabbath years, the anniversary of the Jubilee would be 1405 BC or 1406 BC, and 70 Jubilees from those years is 2024 or 2025. 70 is an auspicious number for those who study biblical numerology, especially the 70 “sevens” of Daniel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JusQxiTXnE
Jubilee’s are announced at the Feast of Trumpets the year before they take effect. I believe that the fall of 2023 or 2024 will announce the Jubilee at the Feastat Feast of Trumpets and that the Jubilee will commence in earnest around Passover 2024 or 2025.
The Jubilee would be the first year of 7, with the 7th being a year of rest. So this means 2024, ‘25, ’26, ‘27, ‘28, ‘29, and ‘30 would be significant years during which Yahuah (יהוה) ’s 70th week of Daniel can unfold, and Passover of 2031 would be the 2000 year anniversary of the crucifixion. Messiah 2030 is a fabulous documentary that outlines the countless prophecies that point to the return of Yeshua 2 days (or 2000 years) later to rule for 1000 years. I happen to believe that 2031 is the first year after the tribulation based upon a solar eclipse on Passover in 31 AD when no other year around that time had a solar eclipse.
So we now have two witnesses, the Jubilee year and the 2000-year prophecies, which frame a 7-year window for Daniel’s 70th week which must be completed before Yeshua's return.
Summer Rapture
It is well known that His appointed times are tied to his Feast Days. For thousands of years, he has repeatedly done all of His work on the anniversaries of his appointed times. Therefore, we should watch and inspect every feast day to identify the likely candidates. I believe it will occur at harvest time in the summer.
‘Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other left. Two women will be grinding with a hand mill; one will be taken and the other left. "Therefore keep watch!...”’ - Yeshua
There are only two times people are in the field, planting or harvesting. The appointed times for the summer occur after Passover and before the Feast of Trumpets. That leaves Shavuot/Pentecost, the 9th of Av, and 15th of Av as dates of interest along with any full moons in the mist.
The 2nd coming has been compared to a harvest of wheat, and Yeshua has been described as treading the wine press. This points to a harvest when wheat has been harvested and dried (ready for the mill) and when the grapes are ready for making new wine.
Pentecost Clues
But others mocking said, “They are filled with new wine.” But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour[9 am] of the day. But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel. - Acts 2:13-16 ESV
This verse clearly indicates that Pentecost occurs after new wine is available because this is what they were accused of being drunk on. If you go to the verse in Joel that Peter was talking about in Acts 2 and then go back a few verses, you will find the following context:
The threshing floors shall be full of grain; the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. - Joel 2:24
This is in a chapter talking about the coming day of Yahuah (יהוה) and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over fire, and he cried with a loud cry to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Thrust in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for her grapes are fully ripe.” So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth, and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. — Revelation 14:18
We now have several verses from the Old and New Testaments that link Pentecost to the grape harvest and the grape harvest to the coming day of Yahuah (יהוה) and the wrath of our Elohim.
When is the True Pentecost?
Doing some research, I discovered that the grape harvest usually starts around the beginning of August in Israel, but this appears to be in conflict with the traditional timing of Pentecost, being about 50 days after Passover.
The scripture that gives us the timing of Pentecost is found in Leviticus.
And you shall count unto you from the morning after the sabbath, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: Even unto[from] the morning after the seventh sabbath shall you number[count] fifty days. - KJV
This can be understood to count until the end of the 7th sabbath and then count 50 days. Typically people assume these are redundant instructions measuring in both “weeks” and “days”. This apparent redundancy is a result of our corrupted understanding of the calender. Notice that this counting will take you from Passover until the end of summer, around the time of the grape harvest.
Pentecost Rapture Parallel to Moses and Golden Calf
As Moses descended from the mountain after 40 days, he turned to Joshua (whose name means salvation, similar to Yeshua), who was by Moses’ side and said the following:
"...It is not the voice of them that begin the battle, nor the voice of them that begin of defeat, but the voice of them that begin of [new] wine do I hear.” -- Exodus 32:18 from the Septuagint
So when exactly did Moses come down the mountain to find the golden calf? The Israelites came to Mt Sinai on the 3rd day of the 3rd month. Tradition holds an alternative interpretation that it was the 1st day of the 3rd month; however, we know that the New Moon days were similar to Sabbath Days; therefore, it is doubtful that Yahuah would have Israel travel on the 1st day of the month which would have been a worship day. This yields an alternative interpretation of Exodus 19:1 which totally undermines the tradition that “Shavuot” is when the Ten Commandments were given in the voice of our Elohim because it would be 52 days from Passover!
Given Israel was given the commandments verbally on 3/8 (8th day of 3rd month), they knew they were expected to celebrate a feast day. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that the Golden Calf incident is evidence of a legitimate feast day and not a random party.
On the 8th day of that month, a sabbath day, there was a Holy Convocation where all of Israel heard Yahuah (יהוה) speak the Ten Commandments. Then the next day, Moses built an altar and read the commandments, and Israel agreed to follow all that was written. Then Moses goes up the mountain with the elders, where they eat and drink in the presence of Yahuah (יהוה), and a cloud comes down and covers them for six days. Then Yahuah (יהוה) calls Moses up higher for 40 days. Then Yahuah (יהוה) tells Moses to go down because the people are going astray. It is at this point that Moses notices that they have begun the feast.
It appears the Israelites attempted to hold the Feast of First Fruits/Shavuot/Ingathering and to use a golden calf as an intermediary to worship Yahuah (יהוה) when they thought Moses might never return. Do you notice a similar pattern with people today who say, “Yeshua is a long time coming; what makes you think He will ever return?”.
Rapture and Judgment Parallels of Golden Calf
Then stood Moses at the gate of the camp, and said, ‘…“Who is on the Lord's side? Let him come to me….” Then all the sons of Levi came to him.’
This is clear “rapture” language, the sons of Levi are His priests, and 1 Peter 2:9 says, “You [the church] are a royal priesthood.”
Do not grumble so that you may not be judged, behold the Judge is standing at the door[gate]. -- James 5:9
Revelation 6:5-6 also shows the connection with the four first fruits.
When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he[The Judge] who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and d